Decorative Items | Victorian | Chandeliers | Stock No: 14359

A large & rare Gothic Revival silver plated antique incense burner

Actually an incense burner ! A magnificent and rare Gothic Revival, Byzantine influenced antique silver plated incense burner that could easily be converted into a grand ceiling light. The highly decorative bowl, set with many coloured glass cabochon and bearing the initials I H S a symbolic monogram of Christ, is suspended from a high domed crown on six sturdy chains. Beneath the bowl is a reversed crown terminating in a reversed ring finial.Mid 19th century, possibly French.